Category: Education

We should be seeing the release of wireless headsets that support stereo audio, promising a new generation of untethered MP3 players and music-enabled cell phones. For reasons unknown there could be a divide between using standards-based technologies like Bluetooth or proprietary systems, which raise the potential for incompatibility in the marketplace.

Zeevo Inc. and Cambridge Silicon Radio are releasing Bluetooth products this week that support stereo sound. These products are to be ready for the Christmas shopping season.

Full Article

This morning Sprint and Apple announced that Apple’s Xserve G5 and QuickTime have been certified as mobile multimedia delivery platforms for Sprint’s new PCS Vision Multimedia Services. The technology enables professional content service providers to deliver streaming audio and video clips to Sprint customers.

Apple PR Statement
Sprint PCS Vision

A website supporting full dome, a collection of resources for users, developers and designers of dome-based digital theaters, displays and content. Full digital dome theaters are located around the world including some of the following US locations: Houston, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Wichita, Denver, New York and Albuquerque.

Website

Apple’s iPod is proving to be a huge hit in Japan, right on the turf where electronics and entertainment reign supreme.

Full Article

Yamaha has introduced electronic pianos and keyboards that can stream directly over the internet. While I may chuckle it could be nice to hear my grandmother who lives five states away play…or for that matter the opportunity to listen to music from an organ at The USAF Academy’s Cadet Chapel, Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago, Mormon Tabernacle or the Washington National Cathedral.

Full Article